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Weather Scanning
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Activating SAME Standby Mode
After you have entered your desired SAME codes, you can activate
the SAME Standby Mode to begin standby operation. The radio will
remain silent until a SAME transmission is received with a code that
matches one that you have stored. When a matching SAME message
is received, your radio will sound a siren alarm, then will play the
audio message that follows the Warning Alert Tone (WAT).
To activate SAME standby mode:
1. Press WX.
2. Press p or q to find the best weather radio transmitter for your
location, then press the
stby softkey.
The softkey will change to STBY to indicate that SAME Standby
Mode is active, and the scanner will alert when a matching SAME
message is received.
3. Press the STBY softkey again to exit SAME Standby Mode, or
press MAN, SCAN, or PROG.
When your local NWS office activates a SAME warning that matches
a FIPS code stored in your scanner, you will first hear a siren alarm
and see the LED flash to alert you to the incoming alarm. The LED
flashes RED for warnings, YELLOW for watches, and BLUE for tests
and administrative messages.
The scanner sounds the siren until the NWS transmission of the 1050
Hz Warning Alert Tone (WAT) begins. Once the WAT begins, the
scanner’s speaker will unmute, and you will hear the WAT play as an
alert that the voice portion of the SAME warning is about to begin.
You will then hear the voice portion of the SAME warning.
Your scanner will resume SAME Standby operation 90 seconds after
the SAME warning starts. You may reset standby mode by pressing
the STBY softkey twice at any time.